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On February 24th, the Arkansas House marked the final vote on Stand Your ground Legislation, Senate Bill 24.  This important self-defense

January 30, 20219:08 am RT if you’ve asked a friend to help you stop Stand Your Ground. My wish this weekend is to turn every #arpx tweet into a phone call to a FRIEND, asking them to (nicely) contact the House Judiciary Committee about Stand Your Ground. pic.twitter.com/Y0FzAoXSOc Tuesday will be a climactic day for the license-to-kill legislation known as the Stand Your Ground Bill. It eliminates a need to retreat (even a person who is trespassing) before killing someone because of a perceived threat. As yet, none of the sponsors has produced a case of wrongful prosecution of a self-def...

The daily deluge of difficult news has taken our attention off of a critical issue. In 2019, Governor DeWine promised to fight gun violence after the mass killing in Dayton left nine dead and many more wounded. To his credit, DeWine did propose common sense measures in STRONG Ohio, but it has gone nowhere. Instead, a GOP-controlled state house passed Stand Your Ground in lame duck session and DeWine has now signed it into law. A genuine attempt to save lives would have at least adopted some of DeWine’s 17-point plan. One would be universal background checks (firearm homicide rates are 58...

© press Gov. Mike DeWine (R) has signed the 'Stand Your Ground' bill into law Ohio's Republican governor has signed a new bill into law to boost citizens' self-defense rights by scrapping their "duty to retreat." “Stand Your Ground” legislation into state law on Monday. The bill DeWine signed, Senate Bill 175, is designed to remove Ohioans' “duty to retreat” while defending themselves. Previously, the law required people to retreat before they can justifiably hurt or kill someone in self-defense or in a situation where they fear their lives are endangered. Senate Bill 175 was fa...

Mrs. America actress, Charlie’s Angels director, and CBS game show host Elizabeth Banks went on a Twitter tirade proclaiming “Stand Your Ground” laws are “BS,” and suggested they create an environment which “helps nobody but people who want justified reasons to use a deadly weapon.” “Stand Your Ground is BS. We used to play hide and seek all over the neighborhood on summer nights. Intent was to play. We were kids but some of my cousins were big guys,” Elizabeth Banks wrote on Twitter to her 2.2 million followers. The  Pitch Perfect director was responding to the Ohio s...